paragonUE Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Im looking to build my own pintail, and was wondering if anyone would be willing to pass on an effective, cheap, pressing method. I was looking at the vaccum bag technique, however, I dont know if it would work well for a full size longboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf-Rodz Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 paragonUE, There are many ways to build longboards...just do some online searches and some reading and you can decide what works best for you. Here's a starting point_ http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/forum/longboard-board-building/ http://users.pandora.be/Toothless/Toothless/pages/instructions/instructions_index.html http://www.roarockit.com/ Hope this helps, Wayne Wayne Gallipoli Surf-Rodz, LLC http://www.surf-rodz.com wayne@surf-rodz.com Product Preview_ http://web.mac.com/surfrodz Design_ http://www.malfunctiondesign.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 The speedboard I'm ridding in my avatar was pressed using a Roarockit kit, fantasic board that amazes nearly everyone who rides it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubz Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Paragon A good bit of it depends on what $$$ you want to spend, time you want to spend on it and whether you are putting any major concave, camber, etc with the board. If you are looking to do a simple flat, top mounted, pin tail, roarocket has a 70" vac bag kit. I just picked one up a few weeks ago to do some veneer lamination on top of some of the cores I am building. I wil also be using the kit to make an all carbon fiber board. I used the vac bag with great success in sandwiching a bamboo core with maple. You can still do camber and concave with vac bag, but its my understanding you have to do a couple pressings to complete one board, becuase the vac bag has trouble pressing all laminates at once, but I could be wrong, but if you go flat it works great in one pressing. With my other builds, I have had to make wooden molds for arched wheel wells, camber and toe heel concave. With it I use extra wood molds and screw clamps (10), they were about $13 each. For ease sakes, I go with just a vac kit. Good Luck to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paragonUE Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 i think im going to try to develop a vice rig, that i can adjust over time to add concave and camber. ill take pictures of the monstrosity when its in the process haha. i have a feeling its going to involve C clamps, string, and sticks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxguitarist Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I pressed Gecko's board, and many others using a vaccum bag, can't reccomend it enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I pressed Gecko's board, and many others using a vaccum bag, can't reccomend it enough. speaking of pressing boards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxguitarist Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Haha, just sent you an email regarding that, actually, without having read this:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 i think im going to try to develop a vice rig, that i can adjust over time to add concave and camber. ill take pictures of the monstrosity when its in the process haha. i have a feeling its going to involve C clamps, string, and sticks man, if you are going to do a press why not go all out and go pneumatic, I've been thinking about this for awhile more because I want to build the press more that the boards really :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 given the relatively low cost of multi ton hydraulic shop presses it would likely be easier and more cost effective to adapt one of these to pressing snowboards and skateboards than building an airpress. I say with the knowledge of having built a pneumatic press years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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